KOMPAS.com - Bek timnas Inggris, John Stones, seolah ketagihan mencetak gol setelah berhasil menyumbang dua gol saat tim berjulukan The Three Lions itu menang 6-1 atas Panama.
Inggris mengamuk dan berhasil membuat Panama kembali ke kampung halaman lebih cepat pada laga Grup G Piala Dunia 2018, Minggu (24/6/2018), di Nizhny Novgorod.
Hat-trick Harry Kane, dua sundulan John Stones, dan sepakan spektakuler Jesse Lingard hanya mampu dibalas satu gol oleh Felipe Baloy.
Dua gol yang dicetak bek tangguh Manchester City itu dicetak pada menit ke-8 dan 40' lewat situasi bola mati yang dimaksimalkannya dengan sundulan.
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"Sungguh saya tidak menyangka bisa mencetak dua gol. Mencetak gol pertama buat Inggris merupakan sesuatu yang spesial, khususnya di Piala Dunia," kata Stones seperti dilansir BolaSport.com dari BBC .
"Saya tentu akan senang jika kami tidak kebobolan, modal bagus menghadapi laga berikutnya. Semoga saya bisa mencetak beberapa gol lagi lewat situasi bola mati," ucapnya.
Kemenangan itu membuat Inggris memastikan langkah ke babak 16 besar Piala Dunia 2018 karena sudah mengemas enam poin dari dua laga.
Di pertandingan terakhir Grup G, The Three Lions tinggal melakoni pertandingan perebutan status juara grup melawan Belgia yang juga sudah mendulang enam poin. (Wisnu Nova)
It might sound strange to suggest that England’s 6-1 thrashing of Panama was somewhat similar to their last-gasp 2-1 victory over Tunisia, yet look beyond the scoreline and there were very similar themes. England’s combination football in open play largely involved getting midfield runners in behind, while they depended upon set-pieces for their goals.
Gareth Southgate made only once enforced change from England’s opener, Ruben Loftus-Cheek replacing the injured Dele Alli. Loftus-Cheek played to the right of England’s midfield trio, with Lingard switching to an inside-left role. The basic approach, however, remained the same.
England didn’t start particularly well, however. There were needless concessions of possession from all three centre-backs, with John Stones underhitting a pass to prompt a Panama break, Harry Maguire giving the ball to the opposition cheaply for the second time in this competition, and Kyle Walker taking a heavy touch on the edge of his own box.
Southgate has deliberately selected these defenders for their ball-playing ability, and will be concerned at the frequency of the mistakes here under very little Panama pressure. With England’s wing-backs Kieran Trippier and Ashley Young pushing extremely high up the pitch in possession, quick turnovers leave England vulnerable down the flanks, and a better player than Anibal Godoy may have punished England’s defence, when released into the inside-left channel after Stones’ mistake. Afterwards, Southgate admitted he’d been unhappy with England’s start.
England vs Panama World Cup player ratings 22 show all England vs Panama World Cup player ratings 1/22 England: Jordan Pickford 7 Had very little to do, and was an observer of England’s scoring antics alongside the rest of us Getty 2/22 Kyle Walker 7 Slightly unsure playing out from the back at times, but put in a good last-ditch tackle to deny Perez from close range Getty 3/22 John Stones 8 Showed his aerial ability to get two goals, and one of the better England defenders in possession Getty 4/22 Harry Maguire 7 Good going forward, but could be shaky in possession against better opposition Getty 5/22 Kieran Trippier 7 Great movement combining with Loftus-Cheek, and a couple of great deliveries from set pieces Getty 6/22 Ruben Loftus-Cheek 7 Combined well with Trippier and had a confident start on his full debut. Downside that he picked up a yellow card in the first half Getty 7/22 Jordan Henderson 8 A leader without the armband, Henderson looked confident and assured in possession Getty 8/22 Ashley Young 7 Had little to do defensively but looked good going forward. Will face much tougher tests facing his own goal. Getty 9/22 Jesse Lingard 9 England’s best player in the first half, fouled for the penalty, and scored a brilliant goal. Growing into his own talent. Getty 10/22 Raheem Sterling 7 Average once again, unlucky not to score from the well-worked free kick routine for goal number four for England. Getty 11/22 Harry Kane 8 Kept his calm from the penalty spot and led England from the front. Could be huge going forward against tougher opposition Getty 12/22 Panaman: Jaime Penedo 6 Tried to put off Harry Kane for both penalties and failed. Could do little about the rest of the goals and spent most of the game picking the ball out of his net. Getty 13/22 Michael Murillo 5 One of many to earn himself a yellow card after a poor foul on Raheem Sterling, and not at all comfortable in possession Getty 14/22 Roman Torres 5 The captain led with the unsporting antics from the front. Looked out of his depth as did the rest of his defence. Getty 15/22 Fidel Escobar 5 At fault for the foul that resulted in a penalty, and looked unable to cope with Harry Kane and co Getty 16/22 Eric Davis 5 One of many to have a lack of discipline and a very short fuse, poor. Getty 17/22 Gabriel Gomez 5 An experienced figure that struggled with the pace of the game, and the English attacking talent Getty 18/22 Edgar Barcenas 6 One of the better players for Panama but was taken off just as the game began to open up Getty 19/22 Armando Cooper 5 Another to have poor discipline and earned himself a booking, lacked quality as did many others Getty 20/22 Anibal Godoy 6 Had an early chance which he blasted wide, but did get into decent positions and could pose a threat for Tunisia Getty 21/22 Jose Luis Rodriguez 6 Offered some flashes of talent going forward, but struggled with his final ball Getty 22/22 Blas Perez 6 Had little to feed off going forward, could have had a tap in if it wasn’t for Kyle Walker’s intervention Getty 1/22 England: Jordan Pickford 7 Had very little to do, and was an observer of England’s scoring antics alongside the rest of us Getty 2/22 Kyle Walker 7 Slightly unsure playing out from the back at times, but put in a good last-ditch tackle to deny Perez from close range Getty 3/22 John Stones 8 Showed his aerial ability to get two goals, and one of the better England defenders in possession Getty 4/22 Harry Maguire 7 Good going forward, but could be shaky in possession against better opposition Getty 5/22 Kieran Trippier 7 Great movement combining with Loftus-Cheek, and a couple of great deliveries from set pieces Getty 6/22 Ruben Loftus-Cheek 7 Combined well with Trippier and had a confident start on his full debut. Downside that he picked up a yellow card in the first half Getty 7/22 Jordan Henderson 8 A leader without the armband, Henderson looked confident and assured in possession Getty 8/22 Ashley Young 7 Had little to do defensively but looked good going forward. Will face much tougher tests facing his own goal. Getty 9/22 Jesse Lingard 9 England’s best player in the first half, fouled for the penalty, and scored a brilliant goal. Growing into his own talent. Getty 10/22 Raheem Sterling 7 Average once again, unlucky not to score from the well-worked free kick routine for goal number four for England. Getty 11/22 Harry Kane 8 Kept his calm from the penalty spot and led England from the front. Could be huge going forward against tougher opposition Getty 12/22 Panaman: Jaime Penedo 6 Tried to put off Harry Kane for both penalties and failed. Could do little about the rest of the goals and spent most of the game picking the ball out of his net. Getty 13/22 Michael Murillo 5 One of many to earn himself a yellow card after a poor foul on Raheem Sterling, and not at all comfortable in possession Getty 14/22 Roman Torres 5 The captain led with the unsporting antics from the front. Looked out of his depth as did the rest of his defence. Getty 15/22 Fidel Escobar 5 At fault for the foul that resulted in a penalty, and looked unable to cope with Harry Kane and co Getty 16/22 Eric Davis 5 One of many to have a lack of discipline and a very short fuse, poor. Getty 17/22 Gabriel Gomez 5 An experienced figure that struggled with the pace of the game, and the English attacking talent Getty 18/22 Edgar Barcenas 6 One of the better players for Panama but was taken off just as the game began to open up Getty 19/22 Armando Cooper 5 Another to have poor discipline and earned himself a booking, lacked quality as did many others Getty 20/22 Anibal Godoy 6 Had an early chance which he blasted wide, but did get into decent positions and could pose a threat for Tunisia Getty 21/22 Jose Luis Rodriguez 6 Offered some flashes of talent going forward, but struggled with his final ball Getty 22/22 Blas Perez 6 Had little to feed off going forward, could have had a tap in if it wasn’t for Kyle Walker’s intervention Getty
Like against Tunisia, however, England were a threat from set-pieces despite their aerial targets constantly being grappled by opposition defenders. Whereas Tunisia’s primarily zonal system had often left England’s centre-backs free, Panama used a man-marking system that meant each of England’s major threats were occupied. It was ironic, though, that for all England’s justified complaints about Panama’s physical approach at corners, it was a sneaky Young block on Michael Marillo that created a huge amount of space for Stones to nod home.
England’s greatest threat in open play at this tournament has been Lingard, and his run in behind the opposition defence, with the Panama centre-backs concentrating on Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane, brought the penalty for England’s second goal. He was played in by an arcing, chipped pass from the right by Kieran Trippier, an identical move to the incident when Lingard struck the post against Tunisia, and that move is working better for England than balls from Jordan Henderson, which were often too straight.
Lingard deservedly got his name onto the scoresheet with a lovely curled effort from the edge of the box, before England’s superb training ground routine from a central free-kick allowed Stones to nod home his second after Sterling’s close-range header had been saved impressively by Jaime Penedo.
Yet more penalty-box wrestling allowed Kane to score a second penalty, stuck in exactly the same manner to the first, and he later completed his hattrick somewhat fortunately after Loftus-Cheek’s shot deflected in off his heel. Baloy’s late consolation will have annoyed England’s backline, and they were culpable by defending a wide free-kick with a poor defensive line.
The nature of England’s goals were somehow typical of this tournament so far. There have been relatively few ‘normal’ goals scored at World Cup 2018, with an incredibly high percentage scored from long-range curlers, set-pieces and penalty kicks, the latter two figures boosted by the use of VAR.
But the lack of close-range open play goals has been notable, and such a goal has been curiously absent from England’s eight from two matches: England have scored from a long-range curler, two penalties, four set-pieces ad a flukey deflection. Furthermore, their two concessions have been from a penalty and a set-piece. So far, the element of tactics that deserves most scrutiny at this tournament has not been about formations or pressing, but about set-piece routines. In that sense, England look as good as anyone.
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As the Three Lions celebrated the Spurs striker’s first goal of the match, the World Cup newbies attempted to take an early kick-off.
With every member of Gareth Southgate’s squad momentarily distracted, one Panama player snatched the ball and raced to the centre, signalling for his team-mates to come with him.
He then kicked-off as fast as he could and would have had a practically straight run at the goal with only Jordan Pickford left in England’s half of the pitch.
But fortunately, the ref saw and stopped their sneaky play and blew his whistle, calling them back.
ST PETERSBURG: Every kid in England is checking out the record books or busy googling.Gareth Southgate's team has just walked into the Round of 16 and in the storied history of the World Cup with a 6-1 snubbing of Panama, whose qualification from the group that failed United States raised many eyebrows and a few winks. In the qualification battle, the US had beaten Panama 4-0 in the return leg after being held to a 0-0 draw. At the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, under balmy conditions, England went on a goal-scoring spree that made Panama look like an uninvited guest at an oligarch's yacht party. As John Stones headed in his first England goal, little did the Central Americans know what suffering they would be subjected to.Stones added another and Harry Kane completed a hat-trick to become the top scorer of the tournament with five from two games before Southgate sent him for an early shower to keep him fresh for tougher battles ahead. In the process, the Tottenham Hotspur striker matched his two illustrious predecessors - Geoff Hurst and Gary Lineker - who never had Panama for breakfast."First time in a long time since we've seen a hat-trick from England player in the World Cup, delighted for Harry and the team," tweeted Hurst. Lineker, the last English striker to score a World Cup hat-trick in 1986, echoed similar sentiments. Two of Kane's goals came from penalties after the Panama defence forgot that it was football they were supposed to play and not rugby scrum when a corner is taken.Weakness in defending the set-piece became their primary failing as England improved their goal difference ahead of their last group game against Belgium. England went into the breather 5-0 ahead, with two each from Stone and Kane and a blinder from Jesse Lingaard. The fate of the contest was sealed. The second half lacked intensity but for Kane's hat-trick goal as Southgate opted to ring in the changes to give his bench a taste of the occasion.Panama too had something to cheer in the dying minutes as they scored their first goal in the World Cup finals. Felipe Baloy , the oldest member of the squad (37 years, 120 days) and wearing the captain's armband, slid in to turn the ball home.After the surprisingly spectacular show, Stones said, "Not something I thought I'd do at the start of the day. I remember four years ago, knowing how hard the lads had worked. This time round, playing, we wanted to do the country proud and get through to the next step and see where we can go. To score my first goals for England was something special, especially at the World Cup."Hat-trick man Kane said, "To achieve anything in life you have to believe. There's still a lot of hard work to go. We're a bit disappointed to concede a goal at the end. We'll go into the Belgium game looking to win. Let's see what happens."
